Pilot season is upon us and pickups are happening by the fistful, especially at NBC. They’ve added the “light drama with a comic book sensibility” called Capedabout a former cop, framed for a crime who becomes a masked hero. Does he have a foul-mouthed 12 year-old girl as a side kick?
Robert Downey, Jr. is going to be too busy making Iron Man XXVII and Sherlock Homes 2, so Dreamworks had to find someone else to star in their Cowboys & Aliens. Daniel Craig will lead the cowboys and Native Americans in their alien Alamo, based on the Fred Van Lente graphic novel. Let’s hope they fare better than the soldiers at the actual Alamo.
Speaking of movies, there’s a new trailer for Martin Scorsese’sShutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley and Mark Ruffalo. I can’t really tell if it’s a thriller, has a fantasy aspect, or people are just crazy. You tell me.
I’m old(er), so it occasionally shocks me to remember I carry as much processing power in my cell phone as we had in ten game consoles just a few years ago. The news that Square Enix was releasingFinal Fantasy and Final Fantasy II on the iPhone let me speechless.
Locus Online shares excerpts from an interview with science fiction and fantasy master John Crowley. He laments the end of the age of literature and wonders how you can make a living writing fiction.
Zachary Quinto says he wants to step away from science fiction for two years, no Star Trek, no video games, nothing. Not to be mean, but does he have a career without science fiction? And how do they plan on releasing Star Trek in 2012 if he’s not doing Star Trek for two years? Breaking: he’s going to playGeorge Gershwin?
Charles Stross writes a mix of science fiction and fantasy that I really enjoy. I’d love for him to go back and write another Bob Howard occult spy book. He’d settle for having his books back on sale at Amazon.com, because the online giant pulled every book by publisher Macmillan on Friday in a pricing dispute over ebooks (update: since resolved). This is a big deal for fantasy readers, because they own the Tor imprint, amongst others. He chronicles the dispute on his diary.
There’s a Dr. Who-based game show? Yes? No? Maybe? I’m not even going to try. Go read it yourself.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced that the 2010 Nebula Weekend, where the prestigious awardswill be presented in sunny Cocoa Beach May 13-16. Other awards shows try and dazzle you in with movie stars and rock stars, but the Nebulas think even bigger than that: they timed it so you can see one of the last launches of the space shuttle, ever, on May 14.
Sci-Fi Wire has a bunch of mild spoilers about the upcoming episodes of The Vampire Diaries including werewolves and massive amounts of (network) nudity. But this other Kevin Williamsoninterview has all that, plus more, and tosses in so tidbits about Scream 4 and Scream 5 as a bonus.
Chuck has tapped Swoozie Kurtz and Fred Willardto play an over-the-hill spy couple. Judging by the casting decisions, they’ve decided to go deep comedy with the roles.
Finally, you may have heard that The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens this spring at Universal Studios Orlando. Details are leaking out, from photos of the castle to this featurette on Ollivander’s Wand Shop, which is an interactive experience.
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enjoy. I’d love for him to go back and write another Bob Howard occult spy book. He’d settle for having his books back on sale at Amazon.com, because the online giant pulled every book by publisher Macmillan on Friday in a pricing dispute over ebooks (update: since resolved). This is a big deal for fantasy readers, because they own the Tor imprint, amongst others. He chronicles the dispute on his diary.
that the 2010 Nebula Weekend, where the prestigious awards will be presented in sunny Cocoa Beach May 13-16. Other awards shows try and dazzle you in with movie stars and rock stars, but the Nebulas think even bigger than that: they timed it so you can see one of the last launches of the space shuttle, ever, on May 14.
of The Vampire Diaries including werewolves and massive amounts of (network) nudity. But this other Kevin Williamson interview has all that, plus more, and tosses in so tidbits about Scream 4 and Scream 5 as a bonus.